New lease of life for Academy Street

A recovery in trade in one of Cork’s city centre’s under-performing streets — Academy Street — is heralded with the opening this weekend of a new restaurant, CoqBull, which replaces hospitality supremo Jay Bourke’s long-established Cafe Bar Deli.

It will be followed in the coming weeks by a wine bar/cafe, in the nearby Nos 11/12, Academy Street, to be run by a specialist wine importer, and planning has just been approved for a change of use to this end.

Nos 11 and 12 previously traded as jewellery shops Kielys and Noel Gleeson, and a licence is being applied for following change of use approval.